Senior QA Consultant (Navoo)
Kuala Lumpur, W.P. Kuala Lumpur
|Hybrid
|Contract
|Job ID 7636|Posted Jan 22, 2025JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Senior QA Engineer
Working Arrangement: Hybrid
Office Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
About Horizontal: Established since 2003 in the US, Horizontal solves complex challenges across two distinct businesses: Horizontal Digital and Horizontal Talent. We are consistently recognized for being a top workplace and one of the fastest growing private companies. Horizontal Talent specializes in staffing for IT, Digital & Creative and Business & Strategy markets. We have global offices in US, UAE, India, Malaysia and Australia.
Responsibilities:
• Work in interesting IT projects mainly in M365 and other promising sectors with efficient testing services and architectural tasks
• Architect and design scalable and maintainable test automation frameworks that meet the project's requirements.
• Select appropriate test automation tools, libraries, and technologies.
• Implement best practices and standards for quality assurance and testing processes.
• Continuously evaluate and improve testing processes to enhance efficiency and effective-ness.
• Develop and maintain a robust regression testing strategy to ensure that software updates do not introduce new defects.
• Identify and assess project risks related to quality assurance and testing.
• Develop risk mitigation strategies and contingency plans.
• Determine the testing approach, strategy, scope, and objectives for different phases of the software development lifecycle in test automation process.
• Strong communication skills and well collaborates with stakeholders.
• Delivers testing efforts across project and tasks under tight deadlines efficiently.
• Mentors and provides training assistance to Associate QA Engineers in need
• Adhere to Agile methodologies incorporated in the team.
• Strongly integrate with cross teams and be flexible to participate in both
• Manual as well as Test Automation based on project requirements.
Requirements:
Must have:
1. Extensive experience in quality assurance and software testing methodologies.
2. Proficiency in test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., Robot Framework, JUnit, TestNG, UFT etc.).
3. Strong knowledge of programming languages in Javascript, commonly used in test automation (Java, Py-thon, C# - would be plus point).
4. In-depth understanding of software architecture and design principles.
5. Ability to design and implement scalable and maintainable test automation solutions.
6. Proven experience in developing comprehensive test strategies and test plans for complex software systems.
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7. Ability to identify high-impact test scenarios and prioritize testing efforts effectively.
8. Demonstrated leadership and mentoring abilities to guide and mentor QA engineers and teams.
9. Effective communication and collaboration skills to work closely with cross-functional teams, includ-ing developers and product managers
10. Knowledge of industry best practices in test automation, including continuous integration and con-tinuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
11.Experience with DevOps practices and tools.
12. Familiarity with a range of testing tools, frameworks, and libraries for various types of testing (e.g., functional, performance, security).
13. Experience in selecting and implementing appropriate testing tools for specific projects.
Good to have:
1. Relevant certifications such as ISTQB, Certified Selenium Tester, or AWS Certified Solutions Archi-tect.
2. Experience in designing and conducting performance tests using tools like JMeter, Gatling, or Load-Runner.
3. Familiarity with cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
Working Arrangement: Hybrid
Office Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
About Horizontal: Established since 2003 in the US, Horizontal solves complex challenges across two distinct businesses: Horizontal Digital and Horizontal Talent. We are consistently recognized for being a top workplace and one of the fastest growing private companies. Horizontal Talent specializes in staffing for IT, Digital & Creative and Business & Strategy markets. We have global offices in US, UAE, India, Malaysia and Australia.
Responsibilities:
• Work in interesting IT projects mainly in M365 and other promising sectors with efficient testing services and architectural tasks
• Architect and design scalable and maintainable test automation frameworks that meet the project's requirements.
• Select appropriate test automation tools, libraries, and technologies.
• Implement best practices and standards for quality assurance and testing processes.
• Continuously evaluate and improve testing processes to enhance efficiency and effective-ness.
• Develop and maintain a robust regression testing strategy to ensure that software updates do not introduce new defects.
• Identify and assess project risks related to quality assurance and testing.
• Develop risk mitigation strategies and contingency plans.
• Determine the testing approach, strategy, scope, and objectives for different phases of the software development lifecycle in test automation process.
• Strong communication skills and well collaborates with stakeholders.
• Delivers testing efforts across project and tasks under tight deadlines efficiently.
• Mentors and provides training assistance to Associate QA Engineers in need
• Adhere to Agile methodologies incorporated in the team.
• Strongly integrate with cross teams and be flexible to participate in both
• Manual as well as Test Automation based on project requirements.
Requirements:
Must have:
1. Extensive experience in quality assurance and software testing methodologies.
2. Proficiency in test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., Robot Framework, JUnit, TestNG, UFT etc.).
3. Strong knowledge of programming languages in Javascript, commonly used in test automation (Java, Py-thon, C# - would be plus point).
4. In-depth understanding of software architecture and design principles.
5. Ability to design and implement scalable and maintainable test automation solutions.
6. Proven experience in developing comprehensive test strategies and test plans for complex software systems.
Job Description
INTERNAL Page 3 of 3
7. Ability to identify high-impact test scenarios and prioritize testing efforts effectively.
8. Demonstrated leadership and mentoring abilities to guide and mentor QA engineers and teams.
9. Effective communication and collaboration skills to work closely with cross-functional teams, includ-ing developers and product managers
10. Knowledge of industry best practices in test automation, including continuous integration and con-tinuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
11.Experience with DevOps practices and tools.
12. Familiarity with a range of testing tools, frameworks, and libraries for various types of testing (e.g., functional, performance, security).
13. Experience in selecting and implementing appropriate testing tools for specific projects.
Good to have:
1. Relevant certifications such as ISTQB, Certified Selenium Tester, or AWS Certified Solutions Archi-tect.
2. Experience in designing and conducting performance tests using tools like JMeter, Gatling, or Load-Runner.
3. Familiarity with cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
Horizontal is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.
We seek to provide employment opportunities to talented, qualified candidates regardless of race, color, sex/gender including gender identity and/or expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under federal, state or local law.
In addition, Horizontal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request a reasonable accommodation in order to complete the application or interview process, please contact us.
All applicants applying must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment.